Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,801, John Egleston, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Egleston, John
NUMBER
S. 34801
CONTENTS

Cut. From the Record. Sent to Hon. J. Adams, H.R. Jan. 1. 1835.
Notification sent July 29th 1825 to John Egleston, Springfield, Mass.
Died Dec. 31, 1840. Agency book.
Massachusetts Roll.
1,708
John Egleston, Capt Howe Corporal
Mass t Line - 1777-3 years-
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818, and sent to Mr. Hooker, Esq. Springfield, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semi-annual allowance ending
4 months 27/30.
$39.20.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
West Springfield, Hampden Co.

John Estlin
Greaton's Mass regt. Connect.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden ss
On this 8th day of April 1818
personally appeared before John Booker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Commonwealth including said County of Hampden John Eggleston a citizen of the United States resident in West Springfield in said County who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he entered in the month of January 1777 into the United States and that he served in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary Army in Capt Samuel Hovey's Company in the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Jno Greateon that he served the full term of three years as a Corporal part of the time & part of the time as private & that he was honorably discharged from service in the month of Jan'y 1780 & he further states that his discharge he kept for several years & considering it as a useless paper it was lost & the Deponent further deposits that he is in reduced circumstances in life & by reason thereof stands in need of assistance from his Country for support
John Eggleston
April 8. msk
I Justin Granger of said West Springfield do hereby say that I enlisted about the same time with the said John Eggleston - that I served in the said Company of Capt Samuel Hovey in said Regiment of Col J. Greateon  Hovey as an orderly Sergeant I know that he served said three years in the revolutionary army as the Deponent states in his said affidavit -
Justin Granger
Sworn to April 17. 1818. before me John Booker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden SS.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden the above named John Egleston , applied to me for the benefit of the late law of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval forces of the United States in the revolutionary war" & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said
John Egleston the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden to be affixed hereto, this 8th day of April 1818
Attest John H. Russell Clerk of the Court
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings had before me on the application aforesaid & transmit the same to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
JOHN HOOKER

John Egleston
1708 Mt. Spring Road
June 1818
[Handwritten signature or initials]
Sep 1818

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampden ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampden
John Eggleston aged Sixty four years, resident in West Springfield in said County who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in the third Regiment of Massachusetts Agency, Commanded by Col John Giston in the third Company of said Regiment Commanded by Capt Samuel Hovey My original declaration dated April 8 th 1818 No of my Pension Certificate 1708
I am a farmer by occupation & very infirm in body by reason of a troublesome Rupture. The number of my Family residing with me are three Sarah my Wife aged 57 Years Roland aged 17 Years a cripple unable to walk or do any business by reason of debility in all his limbs & there is probability of his recovery his complaints have existed four Years past - John aged 14 Years is healthy & able to support himself only - incapable of supporting any of the rest of the aged & disabled family
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; And that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to come within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
SCHEDULE.
  1 Swine $2 1 Poultry Pot 75 c 1 Skillet 20 c two Pails 75 c $3.70   1 Sled & Bangs 1.20 c 1 Loom $2 1 Tea Kettle 40 c Spider 20 c 2.80   1 Stand Table $1 1 Old Table 25 c 1 Candle Stand 25 c 1 Chest 75 c 2.25   Six Old Kitchen Chairs 1.25 1 Iron flat iron 40 c 1.65   1 Old Chestnut Barrel 1.33 1 Iron Anderson $1 1 Ax 1.12 3.45   $13.35 
John Eggleston
Sworn to and declared on the tenth day of July , 1820 before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
Attest John Ingersoll Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirteen Dollars and Eighty five Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fifteenth day of July 1820
John Ingersoll Clerk of the Court for the County of Hampden

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Egleston, John a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 34,801
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany. 1777 3 years. Samuel Flower John Cretton 3" Mass.       
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, April 8, 1818. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, West Springfield, Mass.
Age at date of application, 64 yrs. in 1820.
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Sarah as 57 years;
Roland as 17 yrs; and John 14 yrs.
Soldier died Dec. 30, 1840 (Spencystown) place not shown.
Only John Egleston Mass troops found on Rev War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. Sec State of Maryland
Department of Health
FIFTH SANITARY DISTRICT Prince George and Montgomery Counties.
Office of Caldwell Woodruff, M. D. Deputy State Health Officer
Hyattsville, Maryland
13 May 1915
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Would appreciate your kind advice as to whether John Egleston, a Revolutionary soldier, ever received a pension, and if so would be glad to have his "record."
This John Egleston was born at Sheffield, Mass, 15 Sept., 1767, and died at Charleston, South Carolina, 29 August, 1822. He enlisted from West Springfield, Mass.
His brothers, Azariah, Josiah and Elijah were also revolutionary soldiers.
Hoping to have your kind reply,
Yours truly,
Caldwell Woodruff

34 801
Rev INVALID.
1915 May 17. History to Caldwell Woodruff M.D. &
File No. 34,801
— John Egleston Corp Rev 1840
Act: 18 th March 1840
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]